Printer&#39;s registering device.



PATENTE-D MAY 1, 1906.

W. S. WARNOGK. PRINTERS REGISTERING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR."3, 1905.

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PRINTERS REGISTERING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 1, 1906.

Application filed March 3\ 1905- Serial No. 248.257.

To (tZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALLACE S. VVAR- NOCK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in thr vounty of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement 111 Printers Registering Devices. of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forminga part of this specification.

My invention relates to registering devices for printers use, and has for. its object the provision of improved devices of this character whereby the plates that they are employed to hold in position'may be very closely approached. Hitherto it has been proposed to form these devices each with adjusting means engaging the back of the hook-base by a follower or adjuster, the surface of the back engaged thereby being parallel with the surface that engages the plate whose position is to be defined. In other forms of hook it has been proposed to employ rotating shafts terminating in slotted or recessed heads for adjusting urposes. Obviously adjacent plates have to e separated far enough apart to permit of the insertion of an operating-tool between the plates and the backs of adjacent hooks for the purpose of securing the adjustment of the books. It has also been proposed to form plate foundations in one integral casting slotted in both diagonal directions to receive plate-clamps. It was practically impossible to secure accurate registration with this device, particularly after this mechanism had seen considerable serv ice.

The registering devices of my invention include small blocks that form separable component parts of the plate foundation, so' that only that portion of the plate foundation where the registration is to be effected need be constructed to suit such re istration.

In practicing my invention may em loy an adjusting-follower, which is referab y a nut working on a screw-shaft, p aced in engagement with a lateral face of the hook instead of the back thereof, so that the operating-tool may be passed directly between adjacent plates, which now need only be separated a distance corresponding to the distance between the back and engaging face of the hook element of each registering device, which thickness is to be chosen to suit the strength that is required in each hook element. 4

In order that the object of my invention may most effectively be realized, the hook element thereof is caused to travel obliquely upon the block, to which end the threaded shaft is mounted obliquely upon the block, so that the follower-nut moving upon the shaft will obliquely move the hook element a ainst the plate it is to clamp in position. T lie screw-shaft is thus preferably stationary, and the hook element is preferably provided with an extension having a smooth bore through which the shaft is extended; but I do not wish to be limited to a non-rotating shaft or the other precise features mentioned. The mounting for the shaft is preferably a block, square in contour, having an upper face diagonally slotted to receive the downward extension or base portion of the hook element, which thus is caused to have diagonal travel, together with the hook element itself, in the block. The follower, which should be emdployed where a non-rotating shaft is used, is esirably in the form of a pinion, and the tool designed to operate the follower prefer ably includes a narrow thin rack that may be passed through the crack between the plates that areto be registered or clamped 1 into en agement with the follower to move the hoo element.

I will explain my invention more fully by reference to the accompanying drawings, in.

which Figure 1 illustrates in plan view two regis-v tering devices, each constructed in accordance with my invention and acting to clamp adjacent plates in position. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the structures shown in Figjl. Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing one of many modifications of the structures. Fig.4 is a bottom view of the structure. Fig. 5 is a sectional view on line a a of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a view of the hook element in the direction of arrow 1) of Fig. 1. Fig. 7 is a view of the hook element in the direction of arrow 0 of Fig. 1. Fig.8 illustrates the tool for adjusting the hook.

Like parts are indicated by similar characters of reference throughout the different figthe blocks 1 in a manner well understood.-

These blocks may belof the formillustratedid in 'Figs.- 1 2, and 5, where they are provided at their lower portions with faces 4, that oohstitute meeting or clamping faces, whereby the said blocksrnay be readily assembled.- as I component parts of a foundation to support the plates2 3, while the upper portions of said sides areichannelcd or cut away, so that when the blocks are assembled there are pro. vided longitudinally of the plate foundation; and transversely ofthe plate foundation a, series of grooves 5, that are desirably margined at their upper portions by shoulders or lips 6, so that the recesses 5 may receive the register-hooks disclosed in my application, Serial No. 231,362, filed November 4, 1904. Where it is not'desired to provide the grooves 5, themeeting faces .4 maybe continued in their same planes to the tops of the blocks, as indicated in Fig. 3.

The blocks are preferably hollow, desirably having no bottom plates, but preferably having top plates 7 having diagonal or oblique slots or grooves 8 therein to make the obliquely-disposed screw shafts 9 accessible and to .provide guides for the travel of the hook elements '10. As the shafts 9 are preferably stationary, they are rigidly anchored at their ends in the corners of the blocks to occupy directions parallel with the slots 8; The hook elements 10 may be of any well-knownconstruction, and inas-' much as the shafts 9-in the particular embodiment of the invention illustrated do not rotate the bores in the base portions 11 (which are oblique with respect to the hooks 10 proper) of the hqoks are smooth, so that they may be freely moved along the shafts 9,

,p adjusting-nuts 12 having threaded engagement with these shafts preferably engaging the bases .11 to move the same against the plates 2 3. The portions 10 and 11 are pref erably fixedwith respect to each other. Now the faces of the bases 11 that are engaged by the nuts 12 are continuous or parts of the sides of the hook elements 10, these side-p01 -tions being angularly disposed withreference to both the fronts and backs of the hooks I The faces of the hooks thus enproper. gaged by the adjusting devices 12 are ob- .lique with respect to the front andrear faces of the hooks and 'are preferabl at right angles with respect to the axes o the shafts 9,

so that the bases of the books may be moved longitudinally of'the shafts to effect movement of the engaging faces of the hooks in directions obli ue with respect to the plates-'2 3.

The two evices illustrated in Fig. 1 are placed side by side, and the register-hook of one exerts clamping action upon one plate in 60 one direction and the register-hook of an- The plates 2 3 upon which clamping action is thus exerted are very closely approached, being only separated a distance equal to the thickness be= other in an opposite direction.

.the ends of thegsh respect to and theform'shown forming a tween thefront and rear engaging faces of a 6 5 hook, thickness may be: chosen to suit the structural design of the device. small-space is thus left between the adjacent A very,

plates: 2] 3, between which the rack end 12 of the -tool shown inf'Fig. 8 may be passed through-the slot 8 into engagement with the teeth upon the nut 12 to screw the nut upon the shaft 9* and to force the advance of the hook 10 against the plate that is to be clamped.

Inthe claims Ihave spoken of theshaft as having a'stationary-Inounting,-by vliich I mean a structure whereinthe shaft does not bodily travel, the mounting or support for aft being stationary with' part of the. block In the preferred embodiment of my invention,-1as indicated, I preferably employ a threaded shaft, which shaft desirably does not rotate in its stationary mounting, which stationary-mounting preferably resides in the diagonally opposite corner portions of the block.

While'I have herein shown and particularly described the preferred embodiment of my invention, I do not wish to be limited to the precise construction shown, as inodifications may readily be made; but,

Having thus described myinventionyl 'ing upon the shaft and engaging the registerhook, the register-hook being provided with a base in unthreaded engagement with the shaft, the aforesaid block being provided with an obliquely-slotted or cut-away top, Within the slot of which top the said registerhookmoves. f v f 2. A registering device including a'block forming a separable part of a plate foundation, a register-hook, 'a threaded shaft carried by the block for effecting adjustment of the register-hook and placed obliquel with reference to the block and substantial y pare allel to the top of the block, and a nut work ing upon the shaft and engaging a side of the register hook, the register hook being provided with a base in unthreade'd engagement with the shaft', the aforesaid block being provided with .an obliquelyslottecl or cutaway top, within the slot of which top the said reg ister-hook moves,

3. .A registering device including a block.

forming a separable partof a plate foundation, a register-hook, a threaded shaft carried by the block for effecting adjustment of the register-hook and placed obliquely with reference to the block and substantially parallel to the top of the block, and a nut working upon the shaft and engaging a side of the register-hook, the aforesaid block being provided with an obliquely-slotted or cut-\away top, within the slot of which top the said regi ster-hook moves.

4. A gregistering device including ablock forming a separable part of a plate foundation, a register-hook, a threaded shaft car ried by the block for effecting adjustment of the register-hook and placed obliquely with reference to the block and substantially parallel to thetop of the block, and a nut working upon the shaft and engaging the registerhook, the aforesaid block being provided with an obliquely-slotted or cut-away top, within the slot of which top the said registerdiook IIlOVQS.

5. A registering device including a block forming a separable part of a plate foundation, a register-hook, and a threaded shaft carried by the block fonefl'ecting adjustment of the register-hook and placed obliquely with reference to the block and substantially parallel to the top of the block, the aforesaid block being provided with anobliquelyslotted or cut-away top, within the slot of which top the said register-hook moves.

(5. A registering device including a block forming a separable part of a. plate foundation, a register-hook, and an adjusting device therefor engaging a side of the reg1sterhook. the aforesaid block being provided with an obli piely-slotted or cutaway top,

within the slot of which top the said registerhook moves.

7. A registering device including a block forming a separable part of a plate foundation, a register-hook, a threaded shaft carried by the block for effecting adjustment of the register-hook and placed obliquely with reference to the block and substantially parallel to the top; of the block, and a nut work-' ing upon the shaft and engaging a side of the register-hook, the register-hook being pro vided with a base in uuthreaded engagement with the shaft. I

.5. A registering device including a block forming a separable part of a plate foundation, a register-hook, a threaded shaft carried by the block for effecting adjustment of the register-hook and .placed obliquely with reference to the block and substantially parallel to the-top of the block, and a nut working' upon the shaft. and engaging the re isterhook, the register-hook being provided with a base in llfltlllildfld engagement with the shaft.

t). A registef ing device including a block forming a separable part of a plate foundation, a register -hook, a threaded shaft car ried by the block for effecting adjustment of the register-hookand placed obliquely with reference to the block and substantially parallel to the top. of the block, and a nut working upon the shaft and engaging'a side of the register-hook.

10. A registering device including a block forming-a separable part of-a plate founda tion, a register-hook, a threaded shaft carried by the block for effecting adjustment of the register-hook and placed obhquel with reference to the block and substantial y parallel to the top of the block, and a nut working upon the shaft and engaging the register hook.

11. A register-hook including a block forming a separable part of a plate foundation, a register-hook, and a threaded shaft carried by the'block for effectin adjustment of the register-hook and place obliquely with reference to the block and substantially parallel to the top of the block.

12. A registerin device including a block forming a separable part of a late foundation, a register-hook movable ohliquely upon the block, and a-shaft cooperating with said hook and having stationary mounting.

13. A registerin device including a registering hook provi ed with a base portion obli ue with respect to the hook proper, the said ase portion and hook proper being substantially fixed with respect'to each other, and a threaded shaft cooperating with the base portion for effecting adjustment of the hook and having stationary mounting.

14. A registering device including an obliquely-slotted or cut-away block forming a separable part of a plate foundation, a register-hook working within the slotted or cutaway portion of the block, and a shaft cooperating with said hook and having stationary mounting.

15. A registerin device including a block forming a separab e part of a late foundation, a register-hook movable 0 liquely upon the block, and a shaft diagonally disposed with respect to the block, which shaft cooperates with said hook and has a stationary mounting.

16. A registerin device including a block forming a separable part of a 'latefoundation, a register-hook movable o liquely upon the block, and a threaded shaft diagonally disposed with respect to the block, which shaft cooperates with said hook and has a stationary mounting.

17. A registerin device including a black forming a separab e part of a late foundation, a register-hook movable o liquely upon the block, and a threaded shaft diagonally disposed with resp shaft e ates with said hook.

13 i r fsterin device including a block forming a separ'ab e part of a late foundation, a register-hook movable ofiliquely upon ect to the block, which 6&1. I 819,101

the blopk, and a threaied shaft copemt'm g In witnesswhereof I hexeunto subscribe wlth sald hook and havmg stat10nary,mount y name this-28th day pf February, A D. to ing. 1905- v k r 1.9. A registering device inoluding'a b10911 -5 forming a separable part, of a plaw founder tion, a register-hook movable obliquely upon Witnesses: the block, and a shafu copamting with said LEON STROH,

hook and having stationary mounting. 1 j CHAS. F. BASSETT.

WALLACE s. WARNOCK. 

